The U.N.refugee agency says Somalis desperate to flee war, drought and poverty in their country continue to risk their lives by taking the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden.

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According to Gene Nichol, the chairman of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity, at the U.N.

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Without concerted and effective action, experts say the crisis could very easily prove deadly in a nation such as Madagascar, where the U.N. estimates more than two-thirds of residents lived in poverty before this crisis.

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